The glutes are vital for functional movement. Walking, standing up from a chair, climbing stairs, picking up objects off the floor, and carrying objects across the room all require properly functioning posterior chain musculature.

Although basketball is a game of jumping, acceleration, deceleration, and quickness, strength is usually the determining factor when athletes of similar athleticism and skill level face each other. As Chicago Bulls team physician Dr. Brian Cole explains when describing former Bulls Hall of Fame strength and conditioning coach Al Vermeil’s hierarchy of athletic development, strength is the quality from which all others derive, making it the foundation for athletic performance.